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Module 6　Animals in Danger

维A 阅读理解

(2012·浙江，A)Easter(复活节) is still a great day for worship，candy in baskets and running around the yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies.

And no，not because the kids like to pull their ears.The culprit is climate change，and some researchers found that rising temperatures are having harmful effects on at least five species of rabbit in the US.

Take the Lower Keys Marsh rabbit, for instance.An endangered species that lives in the Lower Florida Keys, this species of cottontail is a great swimmer—it lives on the islands！—but it is already severely affected by development and now by rising sea levels. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, an ocean level rise of only 0.6 meters will send these guys jumping to higher ground and a 0. 9­meter rise would wipe out their habitat(栖息地)completely.

The snowshoe hare，on the other hand，has a color issue.Most of these rabbits change their fur color from white in the wintertime to brown in the summer, each designed to give them better cover from predators(捕食者)．As the number of days with snow decreases all across the country, however, more and more bunnies are being left in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring，making them an easier mark for predators.Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight, but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question. The National Wildlife Federation has reported that hunters have noticed their numbers are already markedly down.

American pikas or rock rabbits, a relative of rabbits and hares，might be the first of these species to go extinct due to climate change. About 7­8 inches long, pikas live high in the cool，damp mountains west of the Rocky Mountains.As global temperatures rise, they would naturally migrate(迁移)to higher ground­but they already occupy the mountaintops.They can't go any higher. The National Wildlife Federation reports that they might not be able to stand the new temperatures as their habitat heats up.

The volcano rabbit has the same problem.These rabbits live on the slopes of volcanoes in Mexico, and recent studies have shown that the lower range of their habitat has already shifted upward about 700 meters, but there are not suitable plants for them to move higher, so they are stuck in the middle.Scientists are concerned about their populations.

Native to the US, pygmy rabbits weigh less than 1 pound and live in the American West. They are believed to be the smallest rabbits in the world. Their habitats have been destroyed by development.Several populations, such as the Columbia Basin pygmy, almost went extinct and were saved by zoo breeding programs.Pygmy rabbits also rely on winter cover by digging tunnels through the snow to escape predators, but lesser snowfall is leaving them exposed.

All of this gives new meaning to dressing up in a giant bunny costume this Easter.

1．The writer mentions Easter at the beginning of the passage in order to________．

A．show the importance of Easter Day

B．introduce the issue about bunnies

C．remind people of Easter traditions

D．discuss the relationship between Easter and bunnies

2．The word “culprit” (Paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to________．

A．criminal B．judge

C．victim D．producer

3．According to the passage, some rabbits can now be easily discovered by predators because they________．

A．are exposed to more skillful hunters

B．have moved to habitats with fewer plants

C．haven't adapted themselves to climate change

D．can't change their fur color into white in the fall and the spring

4．The problem faced by volcano rabbits and rock rabbits is that________．

A．both are affected by less snow

B．both are affected by rising sea levels

C．neither can find enough food

D．neither can migrate to higher places

5．Which best describes the writer's tone in the passage?

A．Approving. B．Concerned.

C．Enthusiastic. D．Doubtful.

【语篇解读】 本文是一篇科普性短文。提到复活节，人们自然想到复活节兔子，它是复活节象征之一，象征着重生与希望，但是现在由于气候变暖，兔子们处境危险，本文以五种兔子的实际情况加以说明。

1．B　[推理判断题。根据常识可知，一提到复活节，人们自然会想到复活节兔子，再看后文大篇幅介绍五种兔子的处境，不难看出开篇提及复活节，是为了引出有关兔子的话题。]

2．A　[词义猜测题。前文说不是孩子们拽兔子耳朵的问题，重点是后文的气温升高对美国至少五种兔子带来坏影响，所以气候变化是罪魁祸首，culprit相当于criminal“犯罪者”。]

3．C　[推理判断题。由于下雪的日子减少，到了春秋季节雪兔依然是白色，没有像以往进行颜色变化以保护自己，由此可以看出，雪兔因为没有适应气候变化，以至于容易被捕猎者捕获。]

4．D　[细节理解题。介绍rock rabbits时说：they already occupy the mountaintops/They can't go any higher，另外说：The volcano rabbit has the same problem.显然这两种兔子面临的问题是没有更高之地迁徙了。]

5．B　[作者态度题。文章首尾呼应，作者对兔子的生存环境满是担忧与关注。A.赞许的；B.关心的，担忧的；C.热情的；D.怀疑的。]

冲击“211”(长难句分析)

Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75.

分析　这是一个复合句。主句是虚拟句，从句省略了①if；for引导原因状语从句，在原因状语从句中，又包含②who引导的定语从句。

冲击“211”(长难句分析)

译文　③如果Yeats在40岁时停止写作，他现在可能也就是个二流诗人，因为在文学历史上没有其他人能在50～75岁之间写出他这样伟大的作品。

Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight, but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question.

分析　本句是由but连接的两个分句。宾语从句④Researchers_know_that_the_ color_change_is_controlled_by_the_number_of_hours_of_sunlight...主语从句⑤whether_the_rabbit_will_be_able_to_adapt_quick_enough_to_survive...

译文　⑥研究者知道颜色变化受太阳光照时间的控制，但是兔子能否快速适应并生存下来是一个大问题。

维B 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Obtaining fresh water from icebergs

The idea of getting fresh water from icebergs that are moved to populated areas or places was once treated as a joke.Recently, scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water supply faster than it runs out of food.__1__

Glaciers are a possible source of fresh water that has been overlooked until recently.__2__It contains fresh water so much that it could sustain all the rivers of the world for 1，000 years.

Huge glaciers that stretch over the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year.__3__However, they are formed entirely on land, breaking off when glaciers spread over the sea.As they drift away from the polar region, icebergs sometimes move mysteriously in a direction opposite to the wind.Because they melt more slowly than smaller pieces of ice, icebergs have been known to drift as far north as 35 degrees south of the equator in the Atlantic Ocean.__4__The difficulty exists such as its rapid melting in warmer climates.__5__

A．Icebergs are not like sea ice, which is formed when the sea itself freezes.

B．Now it is being considered quite serious by many nations.

C．7，659 trillion metric tons of ice is floating on the sea every year.

D．But the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced.

E．To move them to try parts of the world would not be too difficult.

F．It is not a dream to get water from Icebergs.

G．Three­quarters of the Earth's fresh water supply is still tied up in glacial ice.

【语篇解读】 在世界水资源短缺的情况下我们应该怎样获得更多的淡水呢？冰川是我们首先想到的一个来源，但是是否真的切实可行呢？

1．B　[上一句话的warned that the human race wil outgrow its fresh water supply和本项的considered quite serious by many nations吻合，说明当前淡水资源短缺的大背景。]

2．G　[上一句的Glaciers和本项的glacial ice吻合，说明人们想到了淡水资源的来源。]

3．A　[下一句的they are formed entirely on land和本项的which is formed when the sea itself freezes形成鲜明的对比，但是说的都是形成方式。]

4．E　[本项的would not be too difficult和下一句话的The difficulty形成对比关系。]

5．D　[上一句的The difficulty和本项的far cheaper than that produced形成转折关系，说明这种方式的优势所在。]

维C 书面表达

有人认为高三的学习就是做试卷、对答案，对学生各方面能力的培养几乎不起作用。请用具体事例谈谈你对此观点的看法。词数100左右。你的文章必须包括以下内容：

1．你的观点；

2．具体事例。

With the College Entrance Examinations coming，more and more students in Senior Three___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________【参考范文】

With the College Entrance Examinations coming，more and more students in Senior Three are occupied in doing test papers and checking answers，which is hardly good for students to develop their abilities of all aspects，some students say.